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goaf

/ɡəʊf/

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noun goafs · goaves

countable, uncountable A rick or stack (of hay, etc.) when laid up inside a barn (e.g., as winter fodder).
countable, uncountable That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed.
countable, uncountable The waste left in old mine workings; goafing. 1869, George Fowler, On a Method of Abstracting Explosive Gas from the Goaves of Coal Mines, in Transactions, Volume 18, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, page 160, In an operation of this kind, primarily for the purpose of extracting the gas out of the goaves, but also with a view to
Similar: goave, goafing, gob, gobbin

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@misc{goaf_2026,
  title = {goaf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/goaf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}